Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
In China, the outbreak of the African Swine Fever is expected to result in a 27% drop in the production of pigmeat, the country’s most consumed meat product. Using the OECD-FAO Aglink-Cosimo model, this paper examines the impact of this production shortfall on global markets for livestock products and animal …
Pune: Four more people succumbed to swine flu in the state in the past three weeks, taking the toll this year to 189 till June 27, according to the latest report by the state health department. Of these, Pune has recorded the highest — 44 deaths — followed by Nagpur …
The state’s health department said that there had been a spurt in H1N1 cases due to climatic changes. Mumbai: Three hundred cases of swine flu were detected in Mumbai, whereas over 1,482 cases of H1N1 and 135 deaths were reported in Maharashtra from January 1 till date this year. The …
Daily cases in State take a nosedive With the mercury shooting up, number of swine flu cases reported in the State per day has seen a drastic drop. While around 20 to 25 cases were reported on a daily basis during winter months, now it has come down to just …
MUMBAI: In a span of 10 days between April 20 and 30, H1N1 toll in the state rose by 25. The latest casualties have pushed the death tally in Maharashtra to 135 so far this year. Mumbai so far has accounted for two of these deaths. As many as 1,441 …
Pune: In just 10 days, between April 20 and 30, the swine flu death toll in the state went up by 25. With these latest casualties, the collective swine flu death tally in Maharashtra has reached 135 so far this year. As many as 1,441 people have tested positive for …
13 people diagnosed with infection in the past one week There seems to be no let-up in H1N1 (influenza) cases in Kozhikode district as more people are found to be seeking treatment for the disease in the past one week. The Health Department had issued an alert on April 17 …
A 30-year-old woman from Agripada and a 65-year-old diabetic woman from Mazgaon died in the month of March due to swine flu, as per the records presented by the death audit committee meeting held in April. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) public health department on Tuesday confirmed two swine flu …
In Maharashtra, at least 8.86 lakh people have been screened for H1N1 virus from January to April 21. Of them, 15,524 patients suspected to have fever were administered the Oseltamivir drug as a precaution. By Express News Service |Mumbai | Published: April 24, 2019 12:44:54 am Mumbai recorded its first …
12 cases reported this month The Health Department has issued an alert against H1N1 (Influenza) in Kozhikode district in view of the high incidence of the viral infection in the past three-and-a-half months. District Medical Officer V. Jayasree said in a release on Wednesday that 12 cases had been reported …
The number of cases treated too has increased to 1,236 patients, who are being treated across the state. As per the Maharashtra public health department data, around 94 patients have died in the state due to swine flu till Wednesday. According to the state's health department officials, there has been …
South Africa has detected an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm in North West province, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday, citing a report from the South African agriculture ministry. The outbreak killed 32 out of a herd of 36 pigs on a …
PUNE: Extended winter, wide fluctuation in day and night temperatures and the declining immunity among people have sent swine flu cases soaring in the city as well as the state this year so far. Between January 1 and April 8 this year, as many as 1,195 people tested positive for …
JAIPUR: Swine flu continues to claim lives in the state, despite the rise in temperatures. Two more persons died of swine flu in the first week April. According to health department report, one death was reported from Bhilwara and one from Banswara. The death toll has increased to 192 this …
Gurgaon: The total number of swine flu cases recorded in the city has gone up to 61 in the past five months. This is the highest number of confirmed cases in the city since 2011. Gurgaon has also reported six deaths due to H1N1 virus this winter. Out of 90 …
Swine flu cases have risen in most of the North Indian since the month of January of 2019 as compared to the total number of cases in these states in the year 2018, as per the latest Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a report released by the National Centre for …
Swine flu scare has gripped the financial capital. The city is seeing an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases, with at least 121 people tested positive for the infectious seasonal influenza so far this year. Last year, the city had recorded only cases of 25 swine flu. …
Bhopal: H1N1 deaths have breached the 100-mark in Madhya Pradesh, where every fifth person who has tested positive for the deadly influenza this year has died, according to the National Centre for Disease Control's (NCDC) data till March 24. However, on an optimistic note, the health department has not reported …
SURAT: A 40-year-old woman from Saiyedpura died of swine flu taking the total death toll to five this season in Surat city. Four fresh cases of H1N1 infection, including a an eight-month-old child from Ora Bhagal area and three-year-old girl from Dindoli. The other two cases include a one -year-old …
Jaipur: A recent study conducted by Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital revealed that though new swine flu strain (A/Michigan/45/2015) circulating in the state affected higher number of patients with co-morbidities compared to the strain which remained prevalent from 2009 to 2015 (A/California/7/2009) but had slightly lesser mortality. The study further …
